Re: parted is ALMOST suitable
On Monday 07 November 2016 19:15:50 Brian wrote:
> On Mon 07 Nov 2016 at 18:42:37 +0100, Felipe Salvador wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 04:09:24PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> > > I get the same as you on Debian 8.6. On unstable the command 'lsblk -f'
> > > shows all the fields populated. I wonder what Felipe Salvador is using?
> >
> > ~$ apt-show-versions util-linux
> > util-linux:amd64/testing 2.28.2-1 uptodate
> >
> > ~$ cat /etc/debian_version
> > stretch/sid
>
> This is my situation too. 'lsblk -f' works. If not working on Jessie is
> thought to be a bug it is hardly worth reporting to the BTS except as a
> wishlist bug. It is unlikely to be fixed for Jessie.
>
> Richard Owlett and others are fortunately left with two methods to
> identify a file system on a mounted or unmounted partition as a user.
> Certain operations on a Linux system may require root privileges;
> getting this information is not one of them. In fact, the information
> is also available in /run/udev and /run/blkid; so there is another two
> sources.
Speaking as a Jessie user, changing to root and using lsblk -f is quicker and
easier!
It is a remarkably useful command that I had not come across before.
(The -f). Thanks to those in this thread who have introduced it. I must
explore lsblk more fully.
Lisi
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